Samuel Pegge

For his son, the English antiquary, poet, musical composer and lexicographer, see Samuel Pegge (the younger).

Samuel Pegge
Born5 November 1704[1]
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Died14 February 1796(1796-02-14) (aged 91)
EducationChesterfield
Occupation(s)Vicar and Antiquarian
SpouseAnne Clarke
Childrenthree
Parent(s)Christopher and Gertrude Pegge

Samuel Pegge "the Elder" (5 November 1704 – 14 February 1796) was an English antiquary and clergyman.

Born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, he was the son of Christopher Pegge[2] and his wife Gertrude, daughter of Francis Stephenson of Unstone, near Chesterfield. Christopher Pegge (died 1723) belonged to a family that had lived for several generations at Osmaston, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, was a woollen dealer in Derby and later a lead merchant in Chesterfield. Samuel's father was Mayor of Chesterfield three times.[3] Samuel published an important study on the Roman roads of Derbyshire as well as notes which his son, also Samuel, continued on the subject of Derbyshire words and phrases.[4]

  1. ^ University of London archives accessed September 2007
  2. ^ Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century By John Nichols 1812
  3. ^ Samuel Pegge the Elder in Dictionary of National Biography accessed online September 2007
  4. ^ The Samuel Pegge lexicographical manuscripts - June 2006 Kings College Manuscripts by Katie Sambrook. Accessed 26 September 2007